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Murder quiz after 35 found in sea container

The 35 suspected illegal immigrants were found at Tilbury docks (Simon Ford/LNP)

A MURDER investigation has been launched after 35 suspected trafficking
victims were found crammed inside a shipping container at a port on the
banks of the Thames.

One man was declared dead at the scene while 34 others, including at least
seven children, were taken to hospital to be treated for severe dehydration
and hypothermia.

The stowaways, thought to be from the Indian subcontinent, arrived on a P&O
commercial ferry yesterday after a 10-hour journey overnight from Zeebrugge
in Belgium.

Dock workers at the Port of Tilbury in Essex discovered the victims when they
heard “screaming and banging” while unloading the ship. Last night 50 other
containers on the Norstream were being searched to make sure there were no
people inside.

Early fears that the group might have been suffering from ebola were dismissed
by Public Health England, which said it would have been notified immediately
if there were any